Grain-saving device.



B. G. NELSON.

GRAIN SAVING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED aux/27,1914.

Patented Apr. 13, 1 915.

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GRAIN SAVING DEVICE.

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BRUCE Gr. NELSON, OF GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA.

GRAIN-SAVING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 119115.

Application filed May 27, 1914. Serial No. 841,305.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Bacon G. NELSON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Grand Forks, in the county ofGrand Forks and State of North Dakota, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Grain- Saving Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

This inventionrelates to grainsaving devices and it consists in thenovel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of simple structureadapted to be applied to a harvester preferably at the grain deckthereof for the purpose of collecting and saving any grain which may beknocked from the heads during the time that the grain is being cut andbound by the harvester.

With the above object in view the device includes tubular membersadapted to be applied to the grain deck of the harvester and which areprovided with angularly disposed ends and openings at one side. Thegrain which is knocked from the heads passes through the said openingsinto the tubular members and is permitted to gravitate toward a chuteprovided at the edge of the grain deck. An elevator is pivotallyconnected with the chute and means is provided for operating theelevator from the moving parts of the harvester. The said elevatorcarries the grain up and deposits the same into a receptacle provided atthe delivery end of the said elevator.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure l is a perspective view showingthe arrangement of the features of the device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view of the device. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of a tube usedon the device. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of said tube.

The device comprises tubular members 1 which are provided with angularlydisposed end portions. The said tubular members are adapted to besecured to the upper surface of the grain deck of a harvester and thesaid members are provided at their uppermost sides with openings 2. Achute 3 is located under the grain deck of the harvester and the lowerends pf the members 2 are located above the said chute so that the grainwhich enters the members 1 through the openings 2 thereof may gravitatethrough the tubular members into the chute 3. The chute 3 is providedwith a detach able screen 4 upon which particles of straw and trash willlodge but the grain will pass through the screen e and run down alongthe bottom of the chute 3 through the delivery end thereof.

A trunk 5 is pivotally connected with the chute 3 at the delivery endthereof and is adapted to receive the grain from the chute. An elevatoris mounted for movement in the trunk 5 and any suitable means may beprovided for operating the elevator from the movable parts of theharvester.

A receptacle 7 is connected with the upper portion of the trunk 5 and isadapted to receive the grain from the elevator 6. The receptacle 7 isprovided with a partition 8 which divides the said receptacle intocompartments and a screen 9 leads from the delivery end of the trunk 5to one of the compartments adjacent the partition 8. The largerparticles of grain will pass along the screen 9 into one compartment inthe receptacle 7 while the smaller grain will pass through the screen 9and be deposited in another compartment in the receptacle 7. Thereforeit will be seen that as the grain is saved it is separated intodifferent kinds, the said kinds are received and held in separatecompartments. At intervals the receptacle 7 may be emptied of itscontents.

Having described the invention what is claimed is 1. In combination withan inclined deck, a grain saving device comprising a tubular memberapplied to the upper side of the deck near the lower edge thereof andprovided at its upper side with openings.

2. In combination with an inclined deck, a grain saving devicecomprising a tubular member applied to the deck and upon the upper sidethereof near the lower edge thereof said tubular member having angularlydisposed end portions and being provided at its upper side withopenings.

3. In combination with an inclined deck, a grain saving devicecomprising a tubular member applied to the upper side of the deck nearthe lower edge thereof, said tubular member being provided in its upperside with openings, a chute applied to the deck at the lower sidethereof and adapted to receive grain from the tubular member, anelevator supported from the deck and leading from said chute and areceptacle located at the delivery end of the elevator.

4. In combination with an inclined deck,

a grain saving device comprising atubular' member applied to the upperside of the deck near the lower edge thereof and provided at its upperside with openings, a chute applied to the lower side of the deck andadapted to receive grain from the tubular member, a. detachable screenlocated in the chute, an elevator pivotally connected With the deck andarranged to receive grain from the chute means for operating theelevator, a receptacle carried at the delivery end of the elevator andhaving a partition which divides the same into compartments BRUCE G.NELSON.

Witnesses:

ROSINA R. MERRITT, SADIE M. NELSON.

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